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Amsterdam Journal

September 6, 2006

 

Here are some pages from the tiny journal I kept recently in Amsterdam. For a more full-blown gallery with larger scans and more legible writing, visit here.
































Comments

Your drawings are wonderful! It's great to see your work again.
Thanks!

How nice. It makes me feel a little bit homesick, but also happy to see all those familiar buildings in a different way. I grew up in the Netherlands and lived in Amsterdam before we first moved to Scotland and are now in Greenwich CT.

Fabulous! Loved every page. (What a crazy looking street sweeper!)

What a splendid little travel journal. Priceless, in fact.

All these sketches makes me to sketch more! ^_^ I am going to check the bigger version right now!

What a fabulous visual diary, Danny. I was quite proud of the drawings I made on a recent trip to France - until I saw yours! They put mine to shame. How do you find the time to make such detailed drawings while you're on holiday and on the move? Mine are always fitted into snatched minutes with family urging me to "get a move on". I really don't know how you do it, but I'm very glad you do!

The detail in your buildings is great,Danny. The fish skeleton is particularly well
done. The touches of color are just right..like the street sweeper.

Your pictures evoke Amsterdam beautifully, Danny - I'm sorry your visit here was otherwise so frustrating. I've lived in Amsterdam for almost a year (I'm from the UK originally) and find the city exasperating and a joy in equal measures. (But I do secretly love it here and your paintings remind me why.)

Danny -- AWESOME, AWESOME work! Journals and sketches and washes!!! Oh, how I've MISSED YOUR work like this!! inspirational and beautiful !!

The drawings are totally outstanding. Wonder if you met up with Dan Price in Amsterdam. Hope so. Would love to see this journal up close and personal in one of your future books.

What type and size journal was this? What a great travel journal!

Very Nice! What was the size and type of the journal you used? I love it!

Oh Danny, WELCOME HOME!! We missed you very much! Your drawings are beautiful. Sorry your vacation was less than perfect.....
xo
Jane

Hurrah you're back! We missed you. Fantastic drawings, I love your buildings Danny. Sorry your trip wasn't just perfect but,... home,sweet home now!

When I glanced at your first drawing I recognized the city. I thought, oh Patty must have stayed home. Sorry you were lead astray about ease of transport there. Your drawings are as fresh as ever. Where are you celebrating Int'l Sketchcrawl Day/Weekend? We'll be in a garden by the Pacific. San Diego Sketchcrawlers Unite! Thanks to you Danny, welcome home.

Did you get the pushbike lane thing? Me ... I almost managed to get skittled by using it as a footpath.

Thanks for the memories.

Oh my goodness, I love these sketches. They make me want to pack up and get out of here. Today was the day I was going to wash windows. ha. I will be out sketching.
Thank you.

Awh I get ill and what do you do? You visit my town! So close and yet, so far ;)

I'm sorry things didn't turn out as well as you expected, we do have better access in other cities... Amsterdam (among other big cities in the NL) is just too full of cute cobblestones, bridges, canals and narrow streets.

I do love your observations, makes me look at this city in a different way :)

Thanks Danny!

You're back! Yeah! Beautiful work here, Danny. Wow. Amazing. Looks like it was a productive trip - I hope it was a good breather, too.

Wonderful sketches, love the stuff from Amsterdam, lovelly city by the way.

Glad to see you back and blogging. Your journal drawings are great as usual. The pics of your family are awesome. A beautiful three you are. I don't think I could hang with open-air urinals though. Unh-unh :::shaking head:::

So glad to see you back up here. Your journal is fantastic, I was wondering about buying one of those watercolor Moleskine, now I will for sure !

so nice to see the places of my hometown here. Most of the places I recognized immediately. Hope you had a nice stay.

Beautiful work Danny. How about a Sept. crawl?

Danny, first of allwelcome back! Youre family and you are such happy people and it was nice to see the pictures and finally youre sketch journal. Oh how we missed you.
Linda

Beautiful drawings of a beautiful city (which from my experience has dire accommodation – we stayed in a fleapit of a self catered flat when we were there)

Danny, thank you for your beautiful drawings of the city I live in. Despite the large amount of people, noise and traffic I love to live in Amsterdam. Riding on my bike I discover each time new things. Your work seems like a reflection of how I see my city.

Dear Danny,
I just came back from the Netherlands and you nailed it spot on.
Do you still sell your books/sketchbooks.
I have 3 of your how-to's and ould like to add to my colecton, especially this one.
Regards,Carla

Danny: you´re getting better and better. I quite like the bold quality of the line and miss somehow some people around. I feel more confortable drawing objects and architecture myself but one must make an effort when sketching movings subjects!

How nice! My goal is to be able to make a journal like this.

I have just started reading your book "The Creative License", and it is really inspiring.

Kind regards

Thomas